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I'd explain to the band that you're worried about it. Don't give up on the song though. Learning to play stuff that you're not able to at the time is a great thing. Put it on the back burner, keep working on it. In a years time you'll maybe look back and wonder what you were struggling about.

[quote name='jay-syncro' timestamp='1508072350' post='3389562'] My Mk1. I'm still getting to grips with it but my word, what a machine! [/quote] That's really beautiful!

Voodoo labs 2.

Maybe listen to a few live versions of the song and see how Michael plays it, how he changes it and improvises over the song. This is from the Snarky Puppy songbook, some background to the song: [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPS]Notes from Michael [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]“What About Me?”[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]written and arranged by Michael League transcribed by Chris McQueen recorded on [/font][font=TimesNewRomanPS]We Like It Here[/font][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT], GroundUP Music / Ropeadope Records 2014 [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]I’ve noticed that as time goes on, I tend to write slow tunes more often than uptempo ones. In an attempt to avoid having [/font][font=TimesNewRomanPS][i]We Like It Here [/i][/font][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]turn into Ballad Fest 2014, I dug into my IPhone’s voice memo library and found something I recorded on guitar a few months previous.[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]It was the intro to “What About Me?” - a really guitaristic, Wayne Krantz-ish sound bite that could have lent itself to either a funky tune or something a little more rock. The result, I would say, is in the middle, as each section of the song digs into a different bag of influence.[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]I was staying at the Shofukan Japanese Cultural Center of Rotterdam at the time (Lingus, Shofukan, and What About Me? were all composed or finished there), and I was listening to a lot of different music, from Tunisian to classical to everything in between. Strangely, the main point of influence for each section in this song seems to come from my childhood, or at least college years.[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]As I said, the intro feels like Wayne Krantz’s trio (especially the broken drum/bass interplay) during the Carlock/Lefebvre era. The verse reminds me a bit of Prince or Maze rhythmically, but something else I can’t put my finger on harmonically. Letter C has been compared to Led Zeppelin, which I totally don’t hear, but can’t really deny considering that I spent five years of my teenage life basically only listening to them. Letter E probably comes from my over-listening to Kurt Rosenwinkel’s [/font][font=TimesNewRomanPS][i]Heartcore[/i][/font][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT], with its interconnected but angular melodic and harmonic motion (I wrote this whole tune on guitar, so the Krantz/Zeppelin/Rosenwinkel glimmers make sense). Letter G, or the chorus as I think of it, is probably the funniest reference... when I was explaining how it should be played in rehearsal with the guys, the track I played for them was Stone Temple Pilots’ “Sour Girl,” my favorite song of theirs. It has such a unique feel for a pop tune! Half-time drums with an eighth-note, muted bassline. Crazy stuff. I miss high school.[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]In playing this tune, make sure that letter B (the verse, as I think of it) doesn’t default to a standard backbeat. We tried this in rehearsal first and it made the whole section feel really lame. I think the broken groove really makes it swim in a funky way.[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]The subtlety of Sput’s drum pattern in letter C is what really makes the section feel great. He and Nate slaved over that decision for about 30 minutes during the rehearsal, trying to [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]find the exact, perfect pattern that would acknowledge the groupings of 5 without losing the backbone of 4/4.[/font] [font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]As a sidenote, for those of you who own the DVD [/font][font=TimesNewRomanPS][i]We Like It Here[/i][/font][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT], check the bonus footage for an alternate take of Larnell Lewis’ drum solo. The first night of tracking, I counted it off about 25 clicks too fast... and that thing stayed right there the whole song. [/font][font=Helvetica] [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]As for the story behind the title, I’ll give you the PG version. We had just played a gig in Liverpool, UK, at Kazimier. I was in my 6th day of Noro Virus affliction (which is basically a flu on steroids) during its epidemic over there, so I was quarantined in a bedroom that had been meant to sleep two of us. Without the extra space, one guy was left to have to sleep on the floor. This unenviable position was left, of course, to the last guy to come back that night after the post-gig hang. I was sound asleep in a fever coma at about 4:00am when I awoke to someone screaming their lungs out upstairs. All that I, or anyone else, on the block heard for about 15 straight minutes, was “Really? Really?! What about me, ************? What about ME?!” [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]So there ya go. In this band, if you want a bed, or even a couch, go to bed early. [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]Off-the-page stuff to try: [/font][/i][/size][list] [*] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]1) Try it at a much slower tempo. The B and C sections get really, really funky [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]when played slowly. [/font][/i][/size] [*] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]2) Come up with a groove for the solo section that transitions nicely from the [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]chorus to the hits behind the solo. [/font][/i][/size] [*] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]3) Reprise the end of the song with the chorus. We do this sometimes and it [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]seems to work. [/font][/i][/size] [*] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]4) During the drum solo, remove certain notes from the groove to create [/font][/i][/size] [size=3][i][font=TimesNewRomanPSMT]interesting spaces. It’ll change the feel of the whole section. [/font][/i][/size] [/list]

It's all a bit too 'groovy' for me, nice Ken Smith in the opening bit though.

Why do that? Just give it to a charity shop.

Just bought a pedal form Jon, after he replied to one of my wanted adverts. The pedal was exactly as described, and arrived well packaged. Very happy.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1507980544' post='3389116'] Slightly OT, but we have an ad blocker and I've noticed a recent increase in the number of sites that can detect when you're using one and won't allow access to their content unless you turn it off. My response: "Fine, I'll get the information I need somewhere else." [/quote] I've found that too, and think the same thing. Their loss.

I don't get ads.

He was terrified before the performance. Richard Branson had to bribe him to perform by promising to give him his car.

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[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1507737836' post='3387620'] No normal debit. I called to chase and he said refund would be done today. It hasn't. [/quote] It doesn't in my experience make any difference if a credit or debit card is used, the bank will still get the money back. I don't believe in credit cards, but my bank has refunded me twice now when things have gone wrong with transactions paid for with my debit card. Both times the refund has been within a week. With Natwest you do it online, just provide details of the transaction, and any emails with the company etc.

110 years.

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I use Evidence audio, so simple that even I can put them together .

You'll more mwah with round wounds, more of a double bass sound with flats. Just use whatever you like the sound of best, which in my case is compounded because I like both . My two favourite fretless players are Steve Lawson and Michael Manring. Steve uses flats, Michael uses rounds.

I explained it to one person I teach my having him walk and run across the room.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1507585166' post='3386635'] Goodness me! Really? That is super kind! I’ll ping you a message! Thank you [/quote] It's no problem, they're just sat in my 'useful things that might come in handy one day drawer' .

Like these? [attachment=255310:Photo on 09-10-2017 at 22.20.jpg] You're welcome to them if they're right. Message me your address.

Amazon. I've got some spare too I think, you're welcome to them if I can find them. I switched the normal ones on my bass to the flush fit type.

I was given a magazine from the early 80s a while back. It featured some lovely 6 string basses by a company called Manson.